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Ungovernable by Max Lowe

Kosta Pawa edit 4 By: Kosta Bogoievski

Why put on a pink dress? by Gabi Lardies

Field notes from Electric Bodies (06.03.26) By Naomii Seah
April 7, 2026
Ungovernable by Max Lowe

April 2, 2026
Kosta Pawa edit 4 By: Kosta Bogoievski

March 20, 2026
Why put on a pink dress? by Gabi Lardies

March 17, 2026
Field notes from Electric Bodies (06.03.26) By Naomii Seah

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Anita (MOTTE)

Uncredited Performer

Sarah Elsworth

Cindy Yunha Jang
Anita (MOTTE)

Uncredited Performer

Sarah Elsworth

Cindy Yunha Jang

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PAWA 2018

PAWA 2018 took audiences on a journey into the realm of performance art, challenging perceptions and immersing attendees in a world where the boundaries between artist, audience, and environment dissolved.

Sara Cowdell

Creative Director/Curator/Producer

Milan De Maule

Designer

2018

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From the Foothills of the Himalayas

A LADY DROWNS

DISCUSSION: THE INTERNATIONAL PUBL...

JELLYFISH DO RETURN

Thistle Hall Breakfasts and Exhibi...

SATURDAY NIGHT 2018

STORY AND DESTROY

DISCUSSION: ARTIST RELAY

IMPERVIOUS INTIMACY

THE LONG CONVERSATION/ KINETIC ORA...

WORKSHOP: PERFORMANCE POSTCARD

FRIDAY NIGHT 2018

CLOSING NIGHT 2018

INTERLOPER

HEARD SCENE

OPENING NIGHT 2018

IMPERVIOUS INTIMACY

WORKSHOP: PERFORMANCE POSTCARD

A LADY DROWNS

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HEARD SCENE

DISCUSSION: THE INTERNATIONAL PU...

FRIDAY NIGHT 2018

DISCUSSION: ARTIST RELAY

CLOSING NIGHT 2018

INTERLOPER

STORY AND DESTROY

From the Foothills of the Himalayas

THE LONG CONVERSATION/ KINETIC O...

Thistle Hall Breakfasts and Exhi...

SATURDAY NIGHT 2018

OPENING NIGHT 2018

JELLYFISH DO RETURN

2018

Artists

communal experiences whereby spectators are welcomed as participants in a compositional process

Antonia Barnett-McIntosh

My work acknowledges the fluidity of otherness within the dynamic of performance art

Ivan Lupi

unauthorised audio tours of Te Papa, to fictionalised whale strandings

Binge Culture Collective

performed nationally and internationally with a number of companies and independent choreographers

Kosta Robert Bogoievski

When you're amongst the biodiversity of forests & beaches, you're part of an ecological system based in fluidity and adaptability ~ that's whakapapa.

Louie Zalk-Neale

an award winning choreographer and performer based in Aotearoa

Zahra Killeen-Chance

derobe, unmask, see and be seen

Caitlyn Cook

The body in movement and sensorial active listening (epicentre of performance action)

Hélène Lefebvre

values embodiment and somatic practices and is inspired by the post modern dance movement of 1960’s New York

Josie Archer

currently interested in the relationship between physical matter and invisible energies like electricity, radio waves and emotions

Adam Ben-Dror

She complains ironically about resisting neat categorisation of her art obstructing programming of her work

Virginia Kennard

expanding the conception of experimental sound-based performance practises

INOPPORTUNE

public social psychology and cultural contexts by drawing on visual arts and choreographic influences

Mark Harvey

She draws from sticky experiences and moments to burrow into multi-layered pieces or single image explorations

Victoria Abbott

Negative effects of mass media, consumerism, and people’s neglectful tendency towards the environment proved to be my artistic stimulants

RV Sanchez

Rewa’s work explores many parts of her identity and everyday experiences

Rewa Fowles

solo performance art projects, which are are often political and relational (immersive) to commissioned group choreographies

Alexa Wilson

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